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Environment Variables from Dotenv

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Environment Variables from Dotenv

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Environment Variables from Dotenv

Export environment variables from a "dotenv" file into GitHub Actions via set-env workflow commands

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Environment Variables from Dotenv

              
  uses: c-py/action-dotenv-to-setenv@v1
Learn more about this action in c-py/action-dotenv-to-setenv

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action-dotenv-to-setenv

GitHub action to export a .env file to environment variables (via set-env)

Adapted from https://github.com/madcoda/dotenv-shell

Inputs

env-file

Required Path to the dotenv file. Default ".env".

Outputs

set-env workflow commands to stdout.

::set-env name=TEST_DEFAULT_ENVFILE::expected
::set-env name=TEST_DOTENV_OVERRIDES_DEFAULT::unexpected
::set-env name=TEST_UNQUOTED::unexpected
::set-env name=TEST_UNQUOTED::a=1 b=2 c=3
::set-env name=TEST_SINGLE_QUOTED::1 2 3 4
::set-env name=TEST_DOUBLE_QUOTED::1 2 3 4
::set-env name=TEST_INTERPOLATION::a=1 b=2 c=3 d=4
::set-env name=TEST_EXISTING::new-value
::set-env name=TEST_DOTENV_OVERRIDES_DEFAULT::expected
::set-env name=TEST_NO_NEWLINE::still there

Example Usage

uses: c-py/action-dotenv-to-setenv@v1
with:
  env-file: .env

Tests

$ bash tests/dotenv-test.sh
::set-env name=TEST_DEFAULT_ENVFILE::expected
::set-env name=TEST_DOTENV_OVERRIDES_DEFAULT::unexpected
::set-env name=TEST_UNQUOTED::unexpected
::set-env name=TEST_UNQUOTED::a=1 b=2 c=3
::set-env name=TEST_SINGLE_QUOTED::1 2 3 4
::set-env name=TEST_DOUBLE_QUOTED::1 2 3 4
::set-env name=TEST_INTERPOLATION::a=1 b=2 c=3 d=4
::set-env name=TEST_EXISTING::new-value
::set-env name=TEST_DOTENV_OVERRIDES_DEFAULT::expected
::set-env name=TEST_NO_NEWLINE::still there
Testing blank line parsing: ok
Testing unquoted: ok
Testing single quoted: ok
Testing double quoted: ok
Testing interpolation: ok
Testing overwrite of existing variables: ok
Testing parsing of last line: ok
Test loading variables from default.env file: ok
Test .env variables override variables from default.env file: ok
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